LexisNexis, a leading global provider of content-enabled workflow
solutions, today announced the availability of transparent semantic
search technology for its full complement of intellectual property (IP)
research products – enabling users to find the most precise and relevant
patent search results.
Through a development alliance with Dallas-based Pure Discovery,
LexisNexis has become the first provider of legal information services
to integrate the power of semantic search technology with familiar
Boolean search technology, giving the user greater control over the
patent research process via a simple, streamlined user interface that
matches their typical daily workflow.
Semantic search uses the science of meaning in language ("semantics”) to
produce highly relevant search results. While semantic search engines
are not uncommon, most contain limitations – including lack of
transparency and user control – which can ultimately undermine the
overall value of results. For example, they typically do not show
precisely how search results are generated and the user must simply
trust that the right relevance between the original query and the
semantic application are, in fact, appropriate to the intent of the
searcher.
The new semantic search solution from LexisNexis and Pure Discovery,
however, overcomes such challenges to accomplish four breakthrough
objectives in online search:
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Transparency: Each query is enhanced by the machine
intelligence and shown to the user for their complete understanding
and engagement.
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Increased control: Not only is the semantic search transparent,
but users are in control with the ability to add, delete, increase or
decrease the importance of all query words (concepts) in a unique
visual query interface called a "querycloud.”
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Fully federated: While LexisNexis maintains one of the largest
full-text patent and non-patent literature databases in the world, its
semantic search platform can associate semantic searches to virtually
any index, whether it resides internally or on the web.
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Scalability: The LexisNexis index includes semantic
intelligence from more than 10 million full-text patent documents from
the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office’s patent index, as well as
Elsevier journal articles and other documents.
"With semantic search technology we have changed the very nature of
online patent research by providing users with an additional means of
researching patent and non-patent prior art,” said Peter Vanderheyden,
LexisNexis vice president of Global Intellectual Property. "This
alliance will provide users with tools to create more meaningful
queries, allowing them to obtain more precise results by using semantic
technology to enhance their Boolean search strategies.”
The new technology is now available through the patent research and
retrieval service LexisNexis® TotalPatent™ and the automated
patent application and analysis product LexisNexis®
PatentOptimizer™.
In addition, the functionality is also available through lexis.com®,
the flagship online legal research service from LexisNexis, for
full-text non-patent prior art and other patent-related content.
About LexisNexis
LexisNexis® (www.lexisnexis.com)
is a leading global provider of content-enabled workflow solutions
designed specifically for professionals in the legal, risk management,
corporate, government, law enforcement, accounting and academic markets.
LexisNexis originally pioneered online information with its Lexis®
and Nexis® services. A member of Reed Elsevier
(NYSE:ENL)(NYSE:RUK) (www.reedelsevier.com),
LexisNexis serves customers in more than 100 countries with 18,000
employees worldwide.
About PureDiscovery
PureDiscovery (www.purediscovery.com)
is the creator of KnowledgeGraph, a semantic software platform that
transforms an organization’s documents into a working collective
intelligence. PureDiscovery’s technology semantically connects people
and knowledge in ways that were simply not possible before.
